1930's Census Records

The 1930 U.S. Federal Census:

• Census Day was 1 April 1930.
• The fifteenth census included the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming; the District of Columbia; and the territories of Alaska, American Samoa, the Canal Zone, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
• The questionnaire provided space to tally the following information:
  • Place of abode
    - Street, avenue, road, etc
    - House number(in cities or towns)
    - Number of dwelling house in order of visitation
    - Number of family in order of visitation
  • Name of each person whose place of abode on April 1, 1930, was in this family
  • Relationship of this person to the head of the family
  • Home data
    - home owned or rented
    - value of home, if owned, or monthly rental, if rental
    - radio set
    - does this family live in a farm
  • Personal description
    - sex
    - color or race
    - age at last birthday
    - marital condition
    - age at first marriage
  • Education
    - attended school or college any time since Sept 1. 1929
    - whether able to read or write
  • Place of birth; Place of birth of each person and parents of each person enumerated. If born in United States, give state or territory. If of foreign birth, give the country of birth
    - person
    - father
    - mother
  • Language spoken in home before coming to the United States
  • Citizenship
    - year of immigration to the United States
    - naturalized or alien
    
  • Occupation and industry
    - occupation - trade, profession, or particular kind of work, as spinner, salesman, riveter, etc,
    - Industry - Industry or business, as cottenmill, dry goods store, shipyard, public school, etc.
    - class of worker
  • Employment - whether actually at work
    - yes or no
    - line number for unemployed
  • Veterans - whether a veteran of the U.S. military or naval forces mobilized for any war or expedition
    - yes or no
    - what war or expedition
  • Number of farm schedule
• There are no substantial losses.

Other 1930's Census Records:

Other census records for the 1930 decade will be added as they are discovered.